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SHEET TRANSFERRING MECHANISMS Original Filed Nov. 9, 1951 ll Sheets-Sheet l1 r r 4- \I a United States Patent SEEET TRANSFERRING MECHANISMS Edward Quinn, Saugus, Mass, assignor to United Shoe Machinery Qorporation, Flemington, N. .L, a corporation of N ew Jersey Original application November 9, 1951, Seriai No. 255,673, now Patent No. 2,740,138, dated April 3, 1956. Divided and this application January 17, 1955, Serial No. 482,290

48 Claims. (Cl. 12-1) The present invention relates to machines for handling sheet material and is a division of United States Letters Patent No. 2,740,138, granted April 3, 1956, on an application filed in my name. The invention is herein illustrated in its application to shoe machines and more particularly to machines for inserting heel stiffeners or counters into lined uppers, such a machine being disclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 2,318,632, granted May 11, 1943, on an application filed in my name. In its illustrated embodiment, the invention is concerned with machines for transferring last slip papers from magazines to supported shoe uppers. It is to be understood, however, that in certain aspects the invention is not limited to shoe machines but is applicable generally to machines for handling sheet material.

The term shoe as hereinafter employed shall be understood to include assemblies of shoe parts at various stages in the process of manufacture.

In the manufacture of high grade footwear the shoe remains on the last for several days and there is a tendency for the quarter lining to adhere to the last sufficiently to make it difiicult to remove the last from the shoe.v In order to obviate this condition and to facilitate to some degree the last-pulling operation the practice of using last slip papers, so-called, has become quite generally established. The last slip paper is a sheet of thin waxed paper of suitable size and shape which is inserted between the last and the quarter lining at the heel end portion of the shoe. It has been the usual practice heretofore to wrap the last slip paper around the heel portion of the last and hold it manually in that position while the last is inserted into the upper. The manual handling of last slip papers substantially slows up the assembling operation, and furthermore, unless a high degree of care is exercised in the handling of the papers, it sometimes happens that a paper is so located on a last that a portion of it becomes bound between the insole and the bottom margin of the lining in the heel end lasting operation thus requiring an additional manual operation in the packing room to separate the paper from the shoe.

It is an object of the present invention to provide in a machine of the type disclosed in my prior Letters Patent No. 2,318,632 above referred to suitable mechanism for taking a last slip paper from a pack and inserting it in a. predetermined position in the heel portion of an upper supported in the machine prior to the insertion of a last into the upper.

With the above and other objects in view, as will hereinafter appear, the present invention in one aspect thereof consists in the provision in a shoe machine of novel mechanism for automatically inserting a last slip paper into a shoe supported in the machine. After the insertion of the last slip paper a last is manually inserted into the upper. As herein illustrated the paper inserting mechanism is incorporated in a machine such as that dis- 2,828,494 Patented Apr. 7 1, 1958 closed in Letters Patent No. 2,740,138 hereinbefore referred to. In the operation of machines of this type breast line grippers are operated immediately after the insertion of the last to tension the heel end portion of the upper over the last, and upon the completion of the operation of the grippers a plurality of pads engage the heel end portion of the upper and clamp it against the last to maintain the tension imparted to the upper by the grippers. The grippers are then released and wipers are advanced to wipe selected portions of the heel end of the upper in over the insole, and fastenings are driven to secure the overwiped portions of the upper to the insole.

For inserting a last slip paper into a supported shoe the illustrated machine, in accordance with a feature of the invention, is provided with a novel paper carrier and automatic means for actuating the carrier to insert the paper. A separate clutch is provided for controlling the operation of the carrier operating means, and means herein illustrated as a hand leveris provided for operating the clutch and for bending or closing a pack of papers thereby to bring the leading paper in the pack into contact with the carrier. Preferably, a suitable magazine is provided for the pack of papers.

For transferring a last slip paper from a magazine to the heel portion of a shoe in the machine the present invention, in one aspect thereof, consists in the combination of a carrier for receiving a last slip paper from the magazine, a shaft on which the carrier is mounted, and a cam for moving the shaft eudwise thereof in one direction to move the carrier away from the magazine after it has received the leading paper from the pack of papers in the magazine and endwise thereof in the opposite direction in order to insert the paper on the carrier into the heel portion of the shoe. After the pack is closed on the carrier, suction means operates to hold the leading paper of the pack on the carrier when the remainder of the pack moves away from the carrier. The suction remains effective only during an initial movement of the carrier and thereafter mechanical means, herein illustrated as a pair of clips, operates to hold the paper against the carrier while the paper is being transferred from the loading station to the heel portion of a shoe in the machine. When the carrier reaches the heel portion of the shoe the clips are automatically released to permit the paper to be deposited into the heel portion of the shoe. Means herein illustrated as a latch operates to'hold the clips retracted to prevent accidental engagement thereof with the paper during the first stage of the retracting movement of the carrier. The illustrated suction means for holding a paper on the carrier includes suction rings constructed and arranged to engage the paper and a sealing ring at the suction port in the carrier constructed and arranged to engage a nozzle at the end of a suction line. Presser members are provided for advancing end portions .of a paper in opposite directions from remote positions into contact with the suction rings, said presser members in the illustrated organization being arranged to apply pressure to opposite sides of the pack of papers in the magazine in order to bring the leading paper in the pack into contact with the suction rings. In order to hold the pack of papers against disarrangement or dislocation vertically the illustrated magazine is provided with holddown members which operate to hold the pack against upward movement. For locating the leading paper relatively to the carrier an abutment member is constructed and arranged to engage the central portion of the leading paper said abutment member being mounted on a slide which also carries the nozzle at the end of the suction line. As herein illustrated the slide also carries amember which serves to locate the paper carrier relatively to the nozzle. After the leading paper in the pack is brought into contact with'the carrier the packis opened and power operated means advances the slidein order to move the leading paper away from the pack preparatory to the transfer of the paper from the loading station to the shoe in the machine. The paper holding clips are retracted to provide clearance for the operation of the suction means by manually operated mechanism which, in the-illustrated machine, is operated by the hand lever which closes the pack on the carrier.

These and other features of the invention will now be described with reference to'the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. l is a perspective view illustrating a .machine embodying the features of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a left side elevation of the machine illustrated in Fig. 1;

.Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line. III-III of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a plan view illustrating particularly the organization of a paper-transferring mechanism;

Fig. 6 is a detail view illustrating a portion of the actuating mechanism which controls the operation of a clutch mechanism shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 illustrates a last slip paper in outspread position;

Fig. 8 is .a plan view illustrating particularly the paper magazine and the paper carrier;

Fig. 9 is a rear elevation illustrating features of the clutch mechanism;

Fig. 10 is a left side elevation ofmechanism shown in Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a front elevation illustrating, on an enlarged scale, certain features shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 12 is a section taken on the line XII-XII of Fig. 2;

Fig. 13 is a plan view illustrating thepaper magazine and the paper carrier in a relative position different from that shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. 14 is a left side elevation illustrating certain features of the mechanism shown in Fig. 13;

Fig. 15 is a left side elevation illustrating the mechanism shown in Fig. 14 as it appears at a later stage in the machine cycle;

Fig. 16 is a section taken on the line XVL-XVI of Fig. 15;

Fig. 17 is a rear elevation of a cam mechanism for actuating the paper carrier;

Fig. 18 is a front elevation of the paper magazine, the paper carrier and parts of the actuating mechanism therefor;

Fig. 19 is a plan view of the'paper carrier;

Figs. 20 and 21 are sideelevations of the paper carrier looking from the right and the left respectively;

Fig. 22 is a side elevation similar to Fig. 21 showing the parts at a different stage in the machine cycle;

Fig. 23 is a rear view of parts shown in Fig. 22;

Fig. 24 is a bottom view illustrating the paper carrier in its position shown in Fig. 21;

Fig. 25 is a left side elevation illustrating the paper magazine, with the paper carrier removed therefrom, partly in section through the center of the magazine;

Fig. 26 is a-bottom view illustrating mechanism shown in Fig. 25;

Fig. 27 is a section taken on the line )Q VIIXXVII of Fig. 20;

Fig. 28 is a section taken on the line XXVIHXXVIH of Fig. 26; Fig. 29 is a left side elevation illustrating parts shown n Fig. 25, together with the paper carrier which is shown in its rest position;

Fig. .30 is a front elevation showing the paper carrier at the limit of its transferring movement, a shoe in the machine being shown in cross section;

Fig. 31 is a plan view showing the paper carrier in its position shown in Fig. 30;

Fig. 32 is a left side elevation showing the paper car rier in its position in Figs. 30 and 31, the heel end portion of a shoe being shown in section on the plane of its longitudinal median line;

Fig. 33 is a view similar to Fig. 32 talten at a later stage in the machine cycle;

Fig. 34 is a perspective view showing a last slip paper in the heel portion of a shoe in the machine after the paper carrier has been retracted;

Fig. 35 is a left side elevation of the last jacking and other mechanisms; and

Fig. 36 is a cam chart of the paper handling mechanisms.

As illustrated in the drawings the present invention is embodied in an automatic machine combining means for lasting the heel end portion of a shoe, or more particularly the back line and breast line portions, with means for mechanically inserting a cement treated counter into the shoe upper.

For expediting the insertion of a last slip paper into the heel portion of a shoe the illustrated machine is provided with automatic mechanism for taking the leading paper from a pack of papers in a magazine and depositing it in the heel end portion of the supported shoe. The operation of the paper handling mechanism is controlled by a separate clutch which is operated while the main cycle of the machine is interrupted.

During the first part of the main cycle the back line portion of the upper is wiped heightwise of the upper by wiper jaws which move upwardly along the back seam While the upper is held against translatory movement by back line gripper jaws which engage the top margin at its junction with the backline. Upon the completion of the operation of the wiper jaws the back line gripper jaws move laterally to determine the angular disposition of the back line portion of the upper and thereupon a counter carrier operates to insert a cement coated counter into the heel end portion of the upper while the upper is held in position by the backline gripper jaws and the back line wiper jaws, the latter jaws at this time being in gripping engagement with the lasting margin of the back line portion of the upper. The machine comes to rest at the end of the first part of the main cyclewith the back line portion of the upper held by the back line gripper jaws and the back line wiper jaws and with the counter held in inserted position in the upper by the counter carrier. immediately following the first part'of the main cycle a pair of lining wipers are manually operated to wipe the quarter lining upwardly against the inner surface of the cement coated counter. Upon the completion of the lining wiping operation the wipers are retracted to their rest position and a clutch is manually actuated to initiate the cycle of the automatic mechanism which inserts a last slip paper into the heel end portion of the supported shoe.

Referring to Fig. 2, a last slip paper is received by a carrier 4i? from a pack of papers in a magazine 42 and the carrier is advanced by the combined endwise and rotary movements of a horizontal shaft 44 extending from front to back of the machine on the left side thereof to transfer the paper from the loading station of the carrier to the heel portion of the supported shoe. The operation of the shaft 44 is initiated by a one-revolution clutch mechanism of known construction. The mechanism for driving the shaft 44 includes a continuously driven pulley 46 (Fig. 2) fixed to a shaft 43 (Fig. 5) to which there is also fixed a spur gear 50 which meshes witha spur gear '52 freely mounted on a cam shaft 54. The clutch is operated by horizontal movement of a hand lever 56- fixed to a sleeve- 58 (Fig. 2) freely mounted on a post 60 fixed at its lower end in a plate 61 secured to the machine table 62. Fixed to and projecting rearwardly from the sleeve 58 is an arm 64 (Fig. 11) having swiveled thereon a yoke 66 which is connected by a link 68 to an arm 70 fixed to the forward end of a horizontal shaft 72 extending from front to back of the machine. Fixed to and projecting upwardly from the rear end portion of the shaft 72 is a short arm 74 (Fig. 9) connected by a link '76 to an arm 78 pivotally mounted on a fixed screw 80. At its upper end the arm 78 carries a pin 82 which extends rearwardly therefrom into position to engage a shoulder in a cam lever 84 pivotally mounted on a screw 86 projecting forwardly from a member 88 fixed to a pin 90 slidably mounted in a bore in the head of a standard 92. When the machine is at rest as shown in Fig. 9 the cam lever 84 is held against the pin 82 by a spring 94. Movement of the hand lever 56 rotates the shaft 72 in a clockwise direction as seen in Fig. 9 thus moving the pin 90 to the right and thereby disengaging it from a cam member 96 (Fig. 10) fixed to a clutch pin 98 and permitting a compression spring 100 carried by a disk 102 fixed to the shaft 54 to advance the pin into any one of a plurality of sockets formed in the hub of the spur gear 52. At an early stage in the operation of the shaft 54 a cam 104 engages the curved end of the lever 84 and swings said lever in a counterclockwise direction as seen in Fig. 9 to disengage it from the pin 82 thus permitting movement of the pin 90 to the left as seen in Fig. 9 by a spring 106, bringing it into position to be engaged by the cam member 96 in order to retract the clutch pin 98 (Fig. 10) and permit the shaft 54 to come to rest at the end of one complete revolution. The operation of the cam lever 84 also actuates an arm 108fixed to the rear end of a horizontal shaft 110 extending from front to back of the machine thus rotating said shaft in a counterclockwise direction as seen in Fig. 9 and imparting upward movement to a bent arm 112 (Fig. 11) fixed to the forward portion of said shaft. Referring to Fig. 2, the upward movement of said arm 112 swings a latch lever 114 in a clockwise direction to unlatch the hand lever 56 and permit it to return to its rest position. It is important that the hand lever 56 be held immovable during the first third of the machine cycle because operation of the paper carrier 49 during this period of the machine cycle would cause interference thereof with other operating parts of the machine. Accordingly, the illustrated machine is provided with a detent 116 which, as shown in Fig. 3, enters a notch 118 in the base of the sleeve thereby to hold the sleeve against rotation. The free end of the detent is held against movement widthwise of the machine by the walls of a slot 120 (Fig. 4) in the plate 61 through which slot the detent moves. The detent is formed at the upper end of an L-shaped member 122 pivotally mounted in a yoke 124 fixed to and extending downwardly from the plate 61. The detent is connected .by a link 126 to one end of a cam lever 128 (Fig. 6) which is actuated by a cam 130 fixed to the forward end of a cam shaft 132. Just before the completion of the first third of the main cycle the cam 130 operates to retract the detent 116 from the notch 118thereby to permit the operation of the hand lever 56.

The shaft 44 receives endwise movement by the operation of a cam 134 (Fig. 12) fixed to cam acts on a roll 136 at the lower end of a slide 138 mounted in a guideway in a fixed bracket 140. The upper end of the slide is connected by a link 142 to the forward portion of an arm 144 fixed to a rockshaft 146 to which there is also fixed an arm 148 the lower end portion of which has formed therein a yoke 150 which is notched to engage pins 152 projecting in opposite directions from a block 154 freely mounted on the shaft 44 and held against movement endwise of the shaft by two the shaft 54. Said collars one of which is identified by the numeral 156 in Fig. 2. Also fixed to the cam shaft 54 is a earn 158 (Fig. 17) which rotates the shaft 44 in predetermined time relation to its endwise-movements. The cam 158 operates on a roll 160 mounted in the lower portion of a slide 162 mounted for vertical movement in a guideway in the bracket 140. At'its upper end portion the slide carries a link 164 the upper end of which is pivotally mounted on a pin 166 projecting rearwardly from a spur gear 168 freely mounted on a headed screw 170 fixed in a bracket 172 secured to a vertical frame member 174. The gear 168 meshes with a pinion 176 fixed to the shaft 44. The pinion 176 is long enough to maintain meshing engagement with the gear 168 during the endwise movement of the shaft 44.

Fixed to the rear portion of the cam shaft 54 is a cam 178 (Fig. 2) which operatesagainst a roll 180 at the lower end of a slide 182 mounted for vertical movement in a guideway in a fixed bracket 184. Projecting forwardly from the bracket is a yoke 186 in which is pivotally mounted the head at the lower end of a link 188 the upper end of which is slidably mounted in a bore in a block 198 swiveled on a bolt 192 mounted in the free end portion of an arm 194. Said arm is fixed to a rock shaft 196 to which is also fixed an arm 198 the lower end portion of which has a pin-and-slot connection with the piston of an air pump 200 mounted on a plate 202 fixed to the upright 174. Connected to the suction end of the pump 2% is an air hose 204 which serves a purpose hereinafter described.

In the operation of the illustrated paper transferring mechanism the pack of papers in the magazine is closed on the paper carrier 40 by the operation of the hand lever 56 and thereupon the air pump 2th) is operated to cause the leading paper in the pack to be held against the carrier 40 while the carrier moves forwardly away from the pack, such forward movement being imparted to the carrier by endwise movement of the shaft 44. A pair of clips then engage the paper to hold it in a predetermined position on the carrier. After the clips have taken control of the paper the shaft 44 is rotated to move the carrier in an arcuate path to a position over the heel portion of the supported shoe. During the latter part of the arcuate movement of the paper carrier the shaft 44 is moved rearwardly to advance the paper heelwardly into the interior of the shoe. As the carrier nears the limit of its paper transferring movement mechanism hereinafter described releases the paper from the carrier and permits it to expand by its inherent resiliency against the opposite sides of the quarter lining of the supported shoe in which position it is thereafter held by its frictional engagement with the lining. 7

Referring to Figs. 18 to 24, the illustrated paper carrier comprises a member 206 (Fig. 22) having a cylindrical section which is bored longitudinally to receive a pin 268 fixed in a head 210 at the free end of a bent arm 212 (Fig. 18) secured to the forward end of the shaft 44. The member 236 is mounted to swing on the pin 208 but is held against endwise movement thereon by a collar 214 (Fig. 22). The counter carrier is normally held in its angular position on the pin 208 shown in Fig. 22 by a torsion spring 216 mounted on a cylindrical extension of the member 206 and having one end anchored to the collar 214 and the other end anchored to said member 296. The normal position of the member 206 on the pin 208 is determined by the engagement of a head 218 in the rear portion of said member 206 with a downward extension 229 of the collar 214. As shown in Fig. 19 the head 218 is square as seen in plan view. The head 218 is provided with a transverse bore 222 and is counterbored at opposite ends of said here to receive resilient rubber suction rings 224 against which the end portions of the leading paper in the pack of papers is brought to bear by means hereinafter described. The bore 222 opens ra age;

at its central portion into a passage 226 .(Fig. '27) .communicating with .the upper end of a flanged sealing ring 22% (Fig. 16'). When the machine is .at rest the sealing ring engages the frusto-conical upper end portion of a nozzle 230 and is supported on a shoulder 232 at the base of the upper portion of the nozzle. Referring to Fig. '25, the nozzle has a downwardly extending hollow stern 234 slidably mounted in a tube 236 having a counterbored head in which is mounted a spring 238 which applies upward pressure to the nozzle to seat it inthe sealing ring 228 as shown in Fig. 16. The tube is externally .threaded formounting in a threaded hole in a slide 246 mounted in the base portion of the magazine and constructed and arranged for rectilinear movement forwardly and rearwardly of the machine in a guideway provided by members hereinafter described. The lower end of the tube 236 has mounted thereon a threaded coupling 242 at the end of the air hose 204.

In orderto bring the leading paper into engagement with the suction rings 224 two pressers, herein illustrated as spring pressed plungers 244 (Fig. 8), are constructed and arranged to engage the outer paper of a pack such, for example, as the pack 246 illustrated in Fig. 8. The plungers engage the outer paper near its forward edges at points opposite the suction rings 224 thus bringing the leading paper into sealed contact with the suction rings. The plungers receive equal and opposite movement toward each other from mechanism hereinafter described when the hand lever 56 is advanced from its position indicated by dot-dash lines in Fig. 8 to its full line position in said figure. Each plunger comprises a rod mounted in a bore in a barrel 248, said rod having a head 250 mounted in a counterbore in said barrel and arranged to engage the outer paper of the pack. The plunger is advanced relatively to the barrel 243 by a spring 252 surrounding a stern 254 projecting from the end of the rod and .slidab'ly mounted in a bore in the end of the barrel 248. The normal position of the plunger 244 is determined by the engagement of a nut 256 on the threaded end of the stem 254 with the end wall of the barrel 248. The head 258 (Fig. 18) of each of the barrels is extended downwardly to provide a standard for mounting the barrel. Each standard is fixed to a slide 260 mounted in a groove in an arm 262 for movement widthwise of the machine, and each arm 262, as illustrated in Fig. 26, is the forward portion of an angle plate having a rearwardly extending arm 264. The two angle plates are spaced apart'from each other, as shown in Figs. 26 and 28, and are connected by a. plate 266 fixed to the bottom surfaces of the angle plates by screws one of which is identified by the numeral 268. The plate 266 and the inner edge faces 27% of the angle plates provide a guideway for the slide 24 The forward portion of the plate 266 has formed therein an open ended slot 272 which provides clearance for the movements of the tube 236 (Fig. 25) with the slide 24%. A plate 274, which forms the base of a magazine hereinafter described, is fixed to the upper surface of the rearwardly extending arms 264 of the angle plates by four screws two of which are shown in Fig. 26 and identified by the numeral 278. For mounting the assembly illustrated in Fig. 26 an arm 28% is fixed to the rearwardly extending arm 264 of the left-angle plate by headed screws 282 and the arm 28h is fixed to the upper end portion of the post 60. The inner or right side portion of the plate 274 is fixed to an angle bracket 284 which is secured to the machine frame. In order to prevent upward displacement of the end por tions of the pack of papers 246 by the operation of the plungers 244, two holddown plates 286 (Fig. 18) are constructed and arranged to engage the upper edges of the papers of the pack. Each holddown plate is fixed to the upper end of a vertical arm 288 extending upwardly from the outer end of the barrel 248 which mounts the plunger 244. 'In order to provide clearance '8 forihe operation of "the holddown plates the forward'portions of ;a generally horseshoe-shaped plate 290 forming the outer wall of the magazine in which the pack is positioned are cutaway at 292 as indicated in Fig. 18. It will be seen that the holddown plates move widthwise of the machine with the slides 26b and therefore remain constantly in overlying relation to the ends of the pack of papers. To provide for the operation of the plungers 244 by the hand lever 56, a block 294 (Fig. 18) is fixed to the upper surface of the hand lever and has secured to its front face an angle plate 296. Positioned between the angle plate and the block is a roll 293 mounted on a screw 300 .(Fig. 26) projecting downwardly from the forward end portion of an arm 302 pivotally mounted for angular movement on the head of a pin 304 (Fig. 28). The pin is mounted in the left arm 264- and has a short upward extension mounted in a bore in the plate 274. A roll 306 .carried'by the arm 302 engages the left standard 25.8 to bring the plunger 244 into pack engaging position. The plunger 244 at the right side of the pack is advanced concomitantly with theleft plunger by an arm 308 which, as shown in Fig. 28, is mounted on the head of a pin 310 corresponding to the pin 304. The angle plates are recessed, as shown in Fig. 25, to provide surfaces 312 on which the arms 302 and 308 are mounted, the depth of the recesses being such that the arms fit freely between the surfaces 312 and the bottom of the plate 274.' Formed at the pivoted ends of the arms are intermeshing segments 314 (Fig. 26) through which the armv 30.8 .is operated by the companion arm 302. As shown in Fig. .1-8, the arm 308 carries a roll 316 which engages the standard 258 to advance the right plunger 244.

Referring to Fig. .25 a pack of papers such, for example, as the pack 246 illustrated in said figure, is mounted on .edge on the plate 274 which forms the base of the paper magazine and is held in an upright position by a plate.318 which engages the outer paper of the pack. The plate 318 is substantially rigid and has its opposite sides bent .forwardly, as shown in Fig. 5, in order to arrange the pack of papers so that the plungers 244 engage the end portions of the outer paper of the pack thereby to close the pack upon the paper carrier 40. The plate 318 is moved forwardly by means hereinafter described in order to bring the leading paper of the pack into predetermined relation to the paper carrier. As shown in Fig. 5, the opposite end portions of the pack of papers 246 extend beyond the forward edges of the plate 318 and are positioned by their engagement with the plate 290 which is secured to angle brackets 322 fixed to the plate 274. The ends of plate 290 are bent inwardly to provide abutments which limit the forward movement of the pack of papers. The plate 318 is fixed to a horizontal rod -324 which extends rearwardly therefrom through .a tubular member 326 (Fig. 25) mounted in and projecting rearwardly from the plate 2%. A spring 328-.anchored .at its forward end to the tubular memcar 326 and at its rear end to the rod 324 urges the rod forwardly to cause the plate 318 to advance the pack of papers. .In order to permit the leading paper in the pack to be separated from the pack, as hereinafter described, the rod 324 is held against forward movement from its position .shownin Fig. 25 by a spring pressed detent 33G pivotally mounted between the arms of a yoke 332 fixed to the cylindrical member 326, said detent being arranged to engage suitable notches formed in the upper surface of the rod 324. After a considerable number of papers have been taken from the pack the detent is released while the machine is at rest to permit the spring 328 to ad- Vance the plate 318 to bring the remaining papers into a compact arrangement as shown in Fig. 25 and to support them. The detentis manually released by downward pressure against the head ofa pin 334 projecting upwardly from its tail portion. An abutment member herein illustrated as the upturned front end portion 336 (Fig. 29) of a horizontal arm 338 holds the pack against forward movement by the spring 328 and determines the position of the leading paper in the pack relatively to the paper carrier. The arm 338 is rigidly secured to the slide by a screw 349 (Fig. and is spaced therefrom by a sleeve 342 surrounding the screw. The arm is oriented by its engagement with the opposite edges of an open-ended slot 344 (Fig. 13) formed in the plate 274. The slide 24% and the arm 338 mounted thereon are normally held in their position shown in Fig. 25 by a spring 346 the forward end of which is anchored to a boss 34-8 projecting downwardly from the slide and the rear end of which is anchored to a crossbar 350 fixed to the plate 266. When the pack of papers 246 is brought into engagement with the suction rings 224 in the paper carrier the nozzle 230 carried by the slide 240 must register accurately with the sealing ring 228 in the paper carrier in order to provide an unbroken suction line from the pump to the suction rings 224. In the illustrated machine the registration of the nozzle and the sealing ring is effected by the provision of an abutment screw 352 mounted in a tapped hole in the crossbar 350 and arranged to engage'the rear face of the boss 348. Referring to Fig. 7, each paper in the pack has a notch 354 formed in the center of its bottom margin and the notches in the papers in the pack are arranged in alinement to receive a tongue 356 (Fig. 29) projecting upwardly from the arm 33%. The tongue is extended rearwardly beyond the base of the arm to provide a stem 358 extending through an opening in the plate 290. The plate 266 is provided with an opening 369 (Fig. 26) to provide clearance for the movements of the boss 348 with the slide 240.

in the operation of the illustrated paper transferring mechanism the pack 246 is closed on the paper carrier by the operation of the hand lever 56, the latch lever 114 (Fig. 18) retaining the hand lever in its advanced position. The operation of the hand lever also operates the clutch hereinbefore described to start the operation of the shaft 44- and also to operate the pump 200. The pump operates immediately upon the operation of the clutch causing the leading paper 362 (Fig. 13) to be held against the suction rings 224 of the paper carrier. Immediately thereafter the arm 112 (Figs. 2 and 11) at the forward end of the shaft 110 engages the rear portion of the latch lever 114 disengaging it from the hand lever and permitting the return of the hand lever to its retracted position by the operation of two springs 364 (Fig. 8), anchored to the heads at the inner ends of the barrels 248 and extending outwardly therefrom to fixed screws 366. Concomitantly with the return movement of the hand lever a pair of clips 368 (Fig. 14) move upwardly from their position shown in Fig. 14 into their position shown in Figs. 15 and 16 in which they grip the paper against the carrier. At the beginning of the arcuate movement of the paper carrier from its position shown in Fig. 18 the sealing ring 228 is disengaged from the nozzle 230 leaving the clips in control of the paper. When the pack is closed on the paper carrier the leading paper is so located heightwise thereof relatively to the carrier that a narrow marginal portion thereof extends downwardly beyond the bottom of the paper carrier and the clips in their upward movement into paper engaging position to bend said margin about the paper carrier, as shown in Fig. 16, thereby positively assuring -e maintenance of the paper in the position in which it is initially located on the carrier during the paper transferring operation. Referring to Fig. 24, the clips are formed at the ends of the rearwardly diverging arms of a generally surface of a lever herein illustrated as a plate 372 (Fig. 22) mounted in a recess 374 formed in the member 206 and pivoted on a cross pin 376 mounted in the member 206 and extending through said recess. The lever is Y-shaped member 370 secured to the bottom l0 urged in a clockwise direction,-as seen in Fig. 22, by a compression spring 378 mounted in a socket in the meniber 206 and arranged to engage the upper edge face of said lever. The clips are normally held in their paper engaging position by the spring 378 but are swung into their position shown in Fig. 22, to permit the pack of papers to be closed upon the paper carrier, by the operation of a lever 380 (Fig. 18) mounted to swing on a headed screw 382 in a standard 384 secured to the arm 262. The lever 389 carries at its free end a roll 386 constructed and arranged to engage a cam face 388 (Fig. 22) formed in a tail portion 390 of the plate 372. The lever 380 is swung upwardly to retract the clips by the operation of a roll 392 mounted in a yoke 394 (Figs. 13

and 18) fixed to the arm 302 and arranged to engage the recessed portion of the lower edge face of said lever. When the hand lever 56 is unlatched and returned to its rest position the pack of papers is moved rearwardly away from the leading paper into its position shown in Fig. 13 and the clips are. advanced to engage the paper on' the carrier by the expansion of the spring 378. Concomitantly with the return of the pack to its outspread position shown in Fig. 13 the paper carrier is moved forwardly into its position shown in said figure in order to bring the rear portion of the paper mounted on the carrier out of engagement with the pack. In order that the nozzle 230 and the abutment member 336 shall move forwardly concomitantly with the paper carrier, the cab rier has formed at one side thereof a wedge shaped boss 396 (Fig. 20) complemental in shape to a recess 398 (Fig. 25) formed in an angular extension of a plate 400 fixed to the downturned forward end portion 402 of the slide 240. The boss 396 is so constructed and arranged that itmoves freely out of engagement with the plate 400 at the beginning of the arcuate movement of the paper carrier thus permitting the return of the slide 240 to its rest position by the action of the spring 346. During the latter part of the arcuate movement of the paper carrier the rotary movement of the shaft 44 is combined with a rearward movement thereof causing the'carrier to move in a predetermined path extending downwardly and rearwardly into the heel portion of the supported shoe. As

the paper carrier approaches the shoe the leading edge of the right wing of the paper engages the inner'or left surface of a bent plate 404 (Fig.30). Said plate serves as a shield to prevent contact of the paper with the breast line gripper mechanism at the right side of the machine and as a guide to direct the downward movement of the right wing of the paper to a point where the leading edge engages the upper surface of the inner jaw 466 of the lining grippers at the right side of the machine. During the further advancement of the paper from the point of engagement of the leading edge of the right wing with the lining gripper jaw, the upper surface of said jaw guides the right wing of the paper downwardly and inwardly or to the left, as seen in Fig. 30, until the paper enters the shoe. The upper portion of the plate 404 is bent outwardly or to the right to insure the engagement of the leading edge of the paper with the inner surface of the plate and the lower portion of the plate is bent inwardly slightly to cause it to be arranged in generally tangential relation to the upper surface of the jaw 4536 when said jaw is closed on the lining as shown in Fig. 30. The plate 404 is fixed to a plate 408 by a clamping screw 410 extending through an car 412 projecting outwardly from the bent plate, the plate 4498 being a part of the lining gripper mechanism. As the paper carrier moves into the shoe it is swung on its supporting pin 268 so that it comes to rest at the end of its paper transferring movement in an upright position, as shown in Fig. 30. To this end the illustrated machine is provided with a lever 414 constructed and arranged to engage the plate 390 carried by the paper carrier thereby to swing the carrier in a counterclockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 30. The lever is a hook shaped member having a forwardly assets;

extending tail portion 416. The lever is pivotally mounted on a pin 418 fixed in two lugs 4 20 extending upwardly from a bracket 422 fixed to a plate 424. The lever is normally held in its retracted position shown in Fi 34 by a torsion spring 426 surrounding an extension of the pin 413 and having extended end portions one of which engages the bracket 422 and the other a pin 42? in the lever 414. The pin 418 is arranged in a horizontal position at an angle of approximately 45 to the longitudinal median line of a shoe in the machine. The free end of the lever is bent outwardly approximately 45 as shown in Fig. 34 and has fixed thereto a plate 423 having a flange 439 at its rear end. When the lever is swung upwardly into its position shown in Fig. 30 the plate 428 assumes a Vertical position parallel to the plane of the longitudinal median line of the supported shoe. As the paper carrier comes to the end of its paper inserting movement a finger 432 (Fig. 33) fixed in a groove @332 in the plate 3% engages the flange 43% thereby swinging the lever 372 in a clockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 33, and disengaging the clips 368 from the paper. The paper has suflicient inherent resiliency to cause it to expand against the opposite sides of the quarter lining after the clips have been retracted with sufficient force to cause it to be held by friction against downward movement until a last is inserted into the shoe. In order to prevent the clips from engaging the paper during the beginning of the return movement of the paper carrier a latch is provided for holding the lever 372 in its retracted position during such return movement. Referring to Figs. 13 and 19, the illustrated latch is an angular member 434 pivo-tally mounted on a pin 436 extending upwardly into the left side portion of the member 2%. At its forward end the latch member has formed therein a detent 438 which is brought into latching position under the lever 372, as shown in Fig. 22, when the clips are retracted as above described. To this end a compression spring 449 is mounted on a pin projecting outwardly from the member 2G6 and arranged to engage an upwardly extending tail portion 442 of the latch member. During the latter part of the return movement of the carrier the latch member is retracted by the engagement of the lower extremity of its tail portion with an car 444 (Fig. 19) extending rearwardly from an arm 446 (Fig. 18) projecting upwardly and offset to the left from the vertical plate 4%. The paper carrier is guided into its position shown in Fig. 18 by the engagement of its right side face with an upward extension 443 of the plate 4% which is bent slightly to the right to position it out of the path of movement of the carrier. The latch member 434 remains in its retracted position while the machine is at rest and until that portion in the next succeeding cycle of the paper transferring mechanism when the clips are automatically swung into their position shown in Fig. 22 to permit a paper on the carrier to be deposited into a shoe in the machine. During the initial stage of the operation of the pap-er handling mechanism the clips are manually brought into their position shown in Fig. 22 by the operation of the hand lever 56. The operation of the hand lever also closes the pack of papers on the carrier bringing the leading paper in the pack into engagement with the suction rings 224. The hand lever also operates the clutch to start the power cycle of the paper transferring mechanism. At the beginning of the power cycle the suction pump Ziltl is actuated to hold the leading paper against the suction rings. The hand lever 56 is then automatically retracted as hereinbefore described permitting the pack of papers to return by its inherent resiliency to its expanded position shown in Fig. 13 but leaving the leading paper 362 in its position on the carrier. The shaft 44 is then moved forwardly bringing the paper carrier and the leading paper mounted thereon into their position shown in Fig. 13 in which the leading paper is-completely disengaged from the pack 246. During the-retractingmovement of the hand lever 56 the clips 368 are advanced from their position in Fig. 14 to their position shown in Fig. 15 in order to clamp the paper against the carrier. It will be understood that the latch member 434 is held retracted at this time by the arm .46 (Fig. 18) and consequently the clips are free to advance into paper engaging position. The shaft 44 is then rotated to advance the paper carrier from its leading station to its delivering station in the shoe. As the carrier approaches its delivering station the lever 414 is operated as above described to swing the carrier into an upright position. For actuating the lever 414 a lever 450 (Fig. 2) is mounted on a fixed fulcrum 452. The upper portion of the lever is bifurcated to straddle a block 454 freely mounted on the shaft 44 and is provided with open ended slots 4S5 constructed to receive trunnion pins 456 projecting in opposite directions from said block. During the rearward movement of the shaft 44 at the latter part of the paper transferring operation a collar 458 fixed to said shaft engages the block 45-: and moves it rearwardly to impart counterclockwise movement to the lever 45th During the forward movement of said shaft at the beginning of the return movement of the paper carrier the collar engages the arcuate rear edge face of the upper portion of an angular arm 469 fixed to the lever 25% thereby swinging the lever in a clockwise direction to return it to its position shown in Fig. 2. The lower end of said lever is connected by a link 462 to the upper end of a lever 464 mounted on a fixed fulcrum 466. The lower end of the lever 464 is connected by a long link toil-to the free end of an arm 4'70 fixed to a rockshaft 472 mounted in the plates 424. Fixed to the right end of the shaft 472 is an arm 48ft (Fig. 30) projecting upwardly from the shaft and arranged to engage the tail portion 416 of the lever 414. Referring to Fig. 35, the arm 470 has a bent extension 432 at its lower end which, in the rest position of said arm, as shown in Fig. 35, extends rearwardly with a slight downward inclination. A longitudinal cam slot 484 formed in said extension has mounted therein a pin 485 projecting laterally from a head 488 at the forward end of the link 463. The forward end of the link is held against downward movement by a roll 490 mounted in the upper end portion of an arm 492 fixed to a plate 49-1 fixed to the left plate 424. During the rearward movement of the link 468 the pin 486 moves rearwardly through the slot 484. swinging the arm 470 in .a clockwise direction thereby operating the arm 480 (Fig. 30) to swing the lever 414 into its operativc position shown in Figs. 30, 31, and 32. Referring to Fig. 3D, the arm 4% engages the end face of the tail memberdlfi during the first part of its operating movement. During the operation of said arm its point of contact with the tail portion of the lever progressively changes until at the end of its operation it is arranged in its relation to said tail portion shown in Fig. 30.

.Upon the completion the lining wiping operation and thereturn of the lining wiper assembly to its lowermost position the hand lever 56 (Fig. i) is moved to the right to close the pack of papers 2i6 (Fig. 25) on the paper carrier and to actuate a clutch 496 (Fig. 2) to initiate the operation of the paper transferring mechanism. The cycle of operations of the paper transferring mechanism is: diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 36 which is a chart of the cam operations. The clutch 496 imparts one complete revolution to the cam shaft 54 and then comes to rest. For preventing a repetition of the cam cycle by failure of the hand lever 56 to return to its rest position the cam fli t-fixed to the shaft operates in a known manner to insure the operation of the clutch arresting mechanism. The cam 1'78 operates at an early stage in the paper transfer cycle to actuate the pump 2% which causes the leading paper in the pack to be held on the paper carrier by suction until the paper retaining Clips 363 (Fig. 15) come into engagement with the paper.

After the leading paper has been brought into engage- 13 ment with the carrier by the closing action of the pack of papers and retained in that position by suction the cam 104 (Fig. 2) operates through mechanism heretofore described, to rotate the shaft 110 thereby to cause the arm 112 to swing upwardly against the tail portion of the latch lever 114 thus to disengage the lever from a latch plate 498 fixed to the arm 262 (Fig. 18). Thereupon the hand lever 56 returns to its rest position thus permitting the pack of papers to expand by its inherent resiliency and return to its rest position shown in Fig. 5. The return movement of the hand lever 56 to its rest position permits downward movement of the lever 380 (Fig. 18) thus releasing the clips 368 (Fig. 22) for closing movement from their position in Fig. 22 to their position in Fig. 20 in order to grip the paper which is held by suction against the carrier. After the leading paper is gripped against the carrier by the clips the cam 134 (Fig. 12) causes forward endwise movement of the shaft 44 in order to advance the carrier into its position illustrated in Fig. 13 in which the leading paper is spaced forwardly from the pack 246. Thereupon, the cam 158 (Fig. 17) operates to rotate the shaft 44 in a clockwise direction as seen in front elevation in order to transfer the paper from its position in Fig. 13 into the supported shoe. During the first part of the rotary movement of the shaft the cam 134 continues to move the shaft forwardly in order to position the carrier so that it will come into proper registration with the shoe lengthwise thereof for insertion of the paper into the heel portion of the shoe. During the latter part of the clockwise rotation of the shaft by the cam 158 the cam 134 operates to move the shaft 44 rearwardly. Such rearward movement of the shaft continues after its clockwise rotation has terminated in order to advance the paper heelwardly until it is brought into contact with the quarter lining at the back line portion of the shoe. Just before shaft 44 comes to the limit of its rearward paper inserting movement the lever 414 (Fig. 34) is operated by mechanism hereinbefore described to swing it from its position shown in Fig. 34 into its position shown in Fig. 30. As the paper carrier moves heelwardly into the shoe the plate 428 on the lever 414 causes the carrier to rotate in a counterclockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 30, to bring itinto its upright position shown in said figure. As the paper carrier advances heelwardly from its position shown in Fig. 32 into its position shown in Fig. 33, the inwardly extending flange 430 at the rear end of the plate 428 is engaged by the finger 432 fixed to the plate 390 on the paper carrier thereby causing the paper retaining clips 368 to be lifted from their position in Fig. 32 into their position shown in Fig. 33 to cause the paper 362 to be released from the carrier. Thereupon the paper expands by its inherent resiliency until it comes into contact with the quarter lining at opposite sides of the heel portion of the shoe. The paper is held in this position partly by friction and partly by the engagement of its bottom edge with the upper extremity of a gripper jaw 500 (Fig. 33), this being the forward jaw of the back line grippers. After the paper is released from the carrier the cam 134 (Fig. 12) moves the shaft 44 endwise thereof forwardly to move the carrier away from the paper. As the shaft comes to the limit of its forward movement the cam 158 (Fig. 17) rotates the shaft 44 in a counterclockwise direction, as seen in front elevation. After the shaft has rotated sufficiently to move the paper carrier clear of the upper, the cam 134 operates to move the shaft 4-4 rearwardly so that the carrier will be returned to its initial position upon the completion of the counterclockwise rotation of the shaft. The endwise rearward movement of the shaft terminates before the completion of the counterclockwise movement thereof and during the latter part of such counterclockwise movement the wedge shaped boss 3% (Fig. 29) projecting from the paper carrier enters the recess 398 formed in the plate 4% in order to cause the sealing ring 228 in the paper 14 a carrier to registeraccurately withthe nozzle 230 at the upper end of the tube 236 to which the air hose 204 is attached. Upon the completion of the downward move ment of the paper carrier into its position shown in Fig. 29 the paper carrier comes to rest in its initial position ready to receive the then leading paper of the pack 246 when the lever 56 is again operated to close the pack upon the carrier. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a shoe machine, a magazine for a pack of last slip papers, a paper carrier, a clutch for connecting the paper carrier to a source of power, and a hand lever for closing the pack of papers on the carrier and for actuating said clutch.

2. In a shoe machine, a magazine for a pack of last slip papers, a paper carrier, a clutch for connecting the paper carrier to a source of power, a hand lever for closing the pack of papers on the carrier and for actuating said clutch, and means for holding the hand lever inoperative during portions of the machine cycle.

3. In a shoe machine, a magazine for a pack of last slip papers, a paper carrier, a clutch for connecting the paper carrier to a source of power, a hand lever for closing thepack of papers on the carrier and for actuating said clutch, a detent for holding the hand lever in operative during portions of the machine cycle, and a camfor retracting the detent.

4. In a shoe machine, means for supporting a shoe upper ofi the last, a carrier for a last slip paper, a shaft on which the carrier is mounted, means for rotating the shaft to insert the carrier into the shoe upper in the machine, means for moving the shaft heelwardly of the upper to insert the paper into the heel portion of the upper, and suction means for holding thepaper on the carrier during an initial movement of the carrier.

5. In a shoe machine, a carrier for a last slip paper, a shaft on which the carrier is mounted, means for rotating the shaft to bring the carrier into predetermined relation to a shoe upper in the machine, means for moving the shaft endwise to insert the paper into the heel portion ofthe upper, suction means for holding the paper on the carrier during an initial'movement of the carrier, and mechanical means for holding the paper against the carrier after the suction ceases.

6. In a shoe machine, a carrier fora last slip paper, a shaft on which the carrier is mounted, means for rotating the shaft to bring the carrier into predetermined relation to a shoe upper in the machine, means for moving the shaft endwise to insert the paper into the heel portion of the upper, suction means for holding the paper on the carrier during aninitial movement of the carrier, mechanical means for holding the paper against the carrier after the suction ceases, and automatic means for releasing the mechanical holding means to permit the paper on the carrier to be deposited ina shoe in the machine.

7. In a shoe machine, a carrier for a last slip paper, a magazine for a pack of papers, an abutment member against which the pack is positioned, means for concomitantly advancing the carrier and the abutment memher to disengage the leading paper from the pack, an actuator, and connections from the actuator for closing the pack of papers on the carrier.

8. "In a shoe machine, a carrier for a last slip paper, a magazine for a pack of papers, an abutment member against'which the pack is positioned, means for concomitantly advancing the carrier and the abutment member to disengage the leading paper from the pack, a hand lever, and connections from the hand lever for closing the pack of papers on the'carrier.

9. In a shoe machine, a carrier for a last slip paper, a magazine for a pack of papers, an actuator, means operated by the actuator for closing the pack of papers on t the carrier, and means operated by the actuator for initiating the operation of the carrier.

10. In a shoe machine, a carrier for a last slip paper, a magazine for a pack of papers, an actuator, means operated by the actuator for closing the pack of papers on the carrier, mechanism for acuating the carrier, a clutch for connecting said mechanism to a source of power, and connections from the actuator for operating said clutch.

11. In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, suction members in the carrier constructed and arranged to receive a paper, a suction pump, a magazine for a pack of papers, a hand lever, means operated by the hand lever for closing the pack of papers on the carrier, and means operated by the hand lever for initiating the operation of the pump.

12. In a shoe machine, a carrier for a last slip paper, suction members in the carrier constructed and arranged to contact a last slip paper, a magazine for a pack of papers, an actuator, means operated by the actuator for closing the pack to bring the leading paper therein into contact with the carrier, a suction pump, means for operating the pump, a clutch for connecting said operating means to a source of power, and operating connections from the actuator to the clutch.

13. In a shoe machine, a carrier for a last slip paper, suction members in the carrier constructed and arranged to contact a last slip paper, a magazine for a pack of papers, an actuator, means operated by the actuator for closing the pack to bring the leading paper therein into contact with the carrier, a suction pump, means for operating the pump, a clutch for connecting said operating means to a source of power, operating connections from the actuator to the clutch, and a latch for holding the actuator against return movement until after the pump has caused the carrier to take the leading paper from the pack.

14. In a shoe machine, a carrier for a last slip paper, and suction means in the carrier including suction rings constructed and arranged to engage a last slip paper and a sealing ring constructed and arranged to engage a suction nozzle.

15. In a shoe machine, the combination with a nozzle communicating with a suction means, of a carrier for a last slip paper, and suction connections in the carrier including suction rings constructed and arranged to engage a last slip paper and a sealing ring constructed and arranged to engage said nozzle.

16. In a shoe machine, a carrier, an arm on which the carrier is mounted for orienting movement, means for actuating the arm to transfer the carrier from a loading station to a shoe in the machine, and means operating during the latter part'of the transferring movement to orient the carrier relatively to the shoe.

17. In a shoe machine, a carrier, an arm on which the carrier is mounted for angular movement, aspiring for biasing the carrier in one direction relatively to the arm, means for operating the arm to transfer the carrier from a loading station to a shoe in the machine, and means operating during the latter part of the transferring movement to cause angular movement of the carrier relatively to the arm.

18. In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, an arm on which the carrier is swiveled for angular orienting movement, means for actuating the arm, to transfer the carrier from a loading station to a shoe inthe machine, a tail portion extending from the carrier, and a member constructed and arranged to act ont he tail portion during the latter part of the transferring movement to cause the carrier to swivel on the arm.

19. In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, mechanical means on the carrier for holding a paper thereon, an arm on which the carrier is mounted, means for actuating the arm to transfer the carrier from a loading station to a shoe in the machine, and means for disengaging the paper holding means from the paper during the latter part of the transferring movement.

29. In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, mechanical means for holding a paper on the carrier, an arm on which the carrier is mounted for orienting movement, means for actuating the arm to transfer the carrier from a loading station .to a shoe in the machine, and means operating during the latter part of the transferring movement to orient the carrier relatively to the shoe and to disengage the mechanical holding means from the paper.

21. In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, mechanical means for holding a paper on the carrier, an arm on which the carrier is mounted for orienting movement, means for actuating the arm to transfer the carrier from a loading station to a shoe in the machine, means operating during the latter partof the transferring movement to orient the carrier relatively to the shoe and to disengage the mechanical holding means from the paper, and a latch for retaining the paper holding means in retracted position while the carrier moves away from the paper.

22. In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, suction members mounted in the carrier, pressers for first advancing end portions of a paper in opposite directions from remote positions into contact with the carrier and then pressing the paper against the suction members, and means for transferring the carrier from a loading station to a predetermined position relatively to a shoe in the machine. 23. In a shoe machine, a magazine for holding a pack of papers in a generally U-shaped arrangement, a paper carrier, paper engaging members in opposite sides, respectively, of the paper carrier, presser members for applying pressure to the opposite end portions of the pack to bring the leading paper therein into contact with the paper engaging members, a suction pump communicating with said paper engaging members, and means for operating the pump tocause the leading paper in the pack to be held against the paper engaging members.

241 In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, two paper engaging members in opposite sides, respectively, of the paper carrier, two presser members for pressing a paper against said paper engaging members, means including a hand lever for imparting equal and opposite movement to the presser members, and means for holding the hand lever against retraction.

25. In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, two paper engaging members in opposite sides, respectively, of the paper carrier, two presser members for pressing a paper against said paper engaging members, means including a hand lever for imparting equal and opposite movement to the presser members, a latch for holding the hand lever against retraction, and automatic means for releasing the latch.

26. In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, members mounted in the carrier, spring pressed plungers for pressing a paper against the members, barrels in which the plungers are respectively mounted, and means for advancing the barrels thereby to actuate the plungers.

27. In ashoe machine, a paper carrier, members mounted in the carrier, spring pressed plungers for pressing a paper against the members, barrels in which the plungers are respectively mounted, slides on which the barrels are respectively mounted, and means for imparting equal and opposite movement to the slides thereby to actuate the plungers.

28. In a shoe machine, a magazine for an upstanding pack of last slip papers held in a generally U-shaped arrangement, holddown members for holding the pack against upward movement, a paper carrier, and means operating on the pack to bring the leading paper in the pack into contact with the carrier.

'29. Ina shoe machine, a magazine for an upstanding pack of last slip papers held in a generally U-shaped arraugement, holddown members for holding the pack against upward movement, a paper carrier, means operating on the pack to bring the leading paper in the pack into contact with the carrier, and means including members mounted in the carrier for taking the leading paper from the pack.

30. In a shoe machine, a magazine for an upstanding pack of last slip papers, means in the magazine for holding the papers in a generally U-shaped arrangement, holddown members constructed and arranged to engage the opposite end portions of the two plungers constructed and arranged to engage the opposite end portions of the pack, and to close the pack to bring the leading paper therein into contact with the paper carrier.

31. In a shoe machine, a magazine for an upstanding pack of last slip papers, said magazine comprising an upstanding bent plate the forward end portions of which are bent inwardly to provide abutment members for preventing movement of the pack in one direction, a member constructed and arranged to embrace the pack and hold it in a generally U-shaped arrangement, a slide on which the member is mounted, a spring for advancing the slide toward the pack, a detent for holding the slide against movement by the spring, a paper carrier, and means for closing the pack on the carrier.

32. In a shoe machine, a magazine for an upstanding pack of last slip papers, an abutment member constructed and arranged to engage the leading paper in the pack, means for pressing the pack forwardly against the abutment member, a paper carrier, a suction system in the carrier including a sealing ring, a suction line including a nozzle constructed and arranged to register with the sealing ring, and a slide for mounting the abutment memher and the nozzle.

33. In a shoe machine, a magazine for an upstanding pack of last slip papers, an abutment member constructed and'arranged to engage the leading paper in the pack, means for pressing the pack forwardly against the abutment member, a paper carrier, a suction system in the carrier including a sealing ring, a suction line including a nozzle constructed and arranged to register with the sealing ring, a member for locating the paper carrier relatively to the nozzle, and a slide for mounting said locating member together with the abutment member and the nozzle.

34. In a shoe machine, a magazine for an upstanding pack of last slip papers, an abutment member constructed and arranged to engage the leading paper in the pack, means for pressing the pack forwardly against the abutment member, a paper carrier, a suction system in the carrier including a sealing ring, a suction line including a nozzle constructed and arranged to register with the sealing ring, means for locating the paper carrier relatively to the nozzle, a slide for mounting said locating means together with the abutment member and the nozzle, means for closing the pack on the carrier to bring the leading paper into position to be held on the carrier by suction, and means operating thereafter to advance the slide in order to move the leading paper away from the pack. I

35. In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, means for imparting a movement of translation to the paper carrier from a loading position into predetermined relation to a shoe in the machine, clips constructed and arranged to hold the paper on the carrier, an arm on which the clips are mounted, and a member acting during the latter part of the movement of the carrier to swing the arm in a direction to disengage the clips from the paper.

36. In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, means for imparting a movement of translation to the paper carrier from a loading position into predetermined relation to a shoe in the machine, clips constructed and arranged to hold the paper on the carrier, an arm on which the plips are mounted, a member acting during the latter pack, a paper carrier, and i 1s part of the movement of a direction to disengage the clips from the paper, and a latch mounted in the carrier and operating on the arm to hold the clips out of paper engaging position. 4

37. In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, means for imparting a movement of translation to the paper carrier from a loading position into predetermined relation to a shoe in the machine, clips constructed and arranged to hold the paper on the carrier, an arm on which the clips are mounted, a member acting during the latter part of the movement of the carrier to swing the arm in a direction to disengage the clips from the paper, a latch mounted in the carrier and operating on the arm to hold the clips out of paper engaging position, and means acting on, the latch during return movement of the paper carrier to disengage the latch from the arm thus to permit, the return of the clips to their paper engaging position.

38. In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, means, for imparting a movement of translation to the paper carrier 3 from a loading position into predetermined relation to a,

shoe in the machine, clips constructed and arrangedto hold the paper on the carrier, an are mounted, a member acting during the latter partof the movement of the carrier to swing the arm in a direction to disengage the clips from the paper, a latch mounted in the carrier and operating on the arm to hold the clips out of paper engaging position, and a bracket acting on the carrier during the return movement thereof to locate the carrier in a predetermined position and acting on the latch member to disengage the latch member from the arm thus to permit the return of the clips to their paper engaging position.

39. In a shoe machine, a carrier for a last slip paper, suction means on the carrier constructed and arranged to cause the transfer means for imparting a movement to a shoe in the machine, clips constructed and arranged to hold the paper on the carrier during its movement of translation, and an arm on which the clips are mounted, said arm being operable by the movement of translation of the carrier to cause the clips to be disengaged from the paper. 40. In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, clips for holdmg a paper on the carrier, an arm pivotally mounted on the carrier and arranged to mount the clips, and manually operated means for operating the arm thereby to retract the clips from their paper engaging position.

41. In a shoe machine a paper carrier, clips for holding erated means for operating the arm thereby to retract the clips from their paper engaging position, said manually operated means comprising an actuator, a lever operated by the actuator and arranged to engage the arm, and means operated by the actuator for closing a pack of papers on the carrier while the clips are retracted.

42. In a shoe machine, a paper carrier, clips for holding a paper on the carrier, an arm pivotally mounted on the carrier and arranged to mount the clips, manually operated means for operating the arm thereby to retract the clips from their paper engaging position, said manclips for holding a paper on the carrier,

an arm pivotally mounted on the the clips from their paper engaging position, said manually operated means comprising an actuator, a lever the carrier to swing the arm in 7 arm on which the clips of a last slip paper from a source of 

